No. 91 - 16 January 2025 If this email is not displaying properly (e.g. if it's truncated or there are no pictures) then click here to view this email in your web browser |
No. 91 - 16 January 2025 If this email is not displaying properly (e.g. if it's truncated or there are no pictures) then click here to view this email in your web browser |
ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ASSOCIATION : ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ART PRIZE |
ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ASSOCIATION : ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ART PRIZE |
by Rosemary Warmington, AM, Chair of the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize There’s been a 13% boost to the overall prize pool for the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.
The deadline for entries, 31 January, is fast approaching, but there’s still time for you, as an artist, donor or sponsor, to become part of this, Adelaide’s iconic biennial art prize event.
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by Rosemary Warmington, AM, Chair of the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize There’s been a 13% boost to the overall prize pool for the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.
The deadline for entries, 31 January, is fast approaching, but there’s still time for you, as an artist, donor or sponsor, to become part of this, Adelaide’s iconic biennial art prize event.
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by Shane Sody If you Love Your Park Lands, then it appears that SA Government Ministers are ghosting you. Ministers are continuing to ignore or failing to acknowledge the growing body of support for your Adelaide Park Lands. |
by Shane Sody If you Love Your Park Lands, then it appears that SA Government Ministers are ghosting you. Ministers are continuing to ignore or failing to acknowledge the growing body of support for your Adelaide Park Lands. |
3. Probe into fallen trees |
3. Probe into fallen trees |
by Shane Sody It was lucky that no-one was under either of these two trees that fell in recent days; one over a children’s playground, and the other over a popular Park Lands pathway.
City of Adelaide staff are investigating the causes.
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by Shane Sody It was lucky that no-one was under either of these two trees that fell in recent days; one over a children’s playground, and the other over a popular Park Lands pathway.
City of Adelaide staff are investigating the causes.
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4. Guardian focus on Parks 22 & 23 South |
4. Guardian focus on Parks 22 & 23 South |
by Jan Gaebler Smith, and Graham Smith, Park Guardians for Park 22 & Park 23 South Our Park Guardians are taking it in turns throughout 2025 to introduce you to their cherished places within your Adelaide Park Lands. Jan and Graham Smith are starting off with a look at their “Guardian” spot - the two parks either side of Anzac Highway. |
by Jan Gaebler Smith, and Graham Smith, Park Guardians for Park 22 & Park 23 South Our Park Guardians are taking it in turns throughout 2025 to introduce you to their cherished places within your Adelaide Park Lands. Jan and Graham Smith are starting off with a look at their “Guardian” spot - the two parks either side of Anzac Highway. |
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The Adelaide Park Lands Association has four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. But we are only as strong as our members. To be effective at these strategies, we need YOUR support. |
The Adelaide Park Lands Association has four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. But we are only as strong as our members. To be effective at these strategies, we need YOUR support. |
You are reading the non-members version of this newsletter - which means you are not (yet) a member. If you were to become an APA member, you would then be able to book for any of our Guided Walks for free, and you would also unlock 15% discounts to all the merch in the APA Shop. More importantly, your membership fee (as low as $20 per year for a single concession) would be tangible support for our Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. What are you waiting for? But membership is not the only way you can help. Another simple option is to donate. Even better, join our volunteer team. Choose from the various potential roles we've described on our volunteer page, here. |
You are reading the non-members version of this newsletter - which means you are not (yet) a member. If you were to become an APA member, you would then be able to book for any of our Guided Walks for free, and you would also unlock 15% discounts to all the merch in the APA Shop. More importantly, your membership fee (as low as $20 per year for a single concession) would be tangible support for our Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. What are you waiting for? But membership is not the only way you can help. Another simple option is to donate. Even better, join our volunteer team. Choose from the various potential roles we've described on our volunteer page, here. |
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Compiled byValeria Mendoza Music festivals, cycling, and Guided Walks are among the highlights in our regular “What’s On” listings for your Adelaide Park Lands this month. |
Compiled byValeria Mendoza Music festivals, cycling, and Guided Walks are among the highlights in our regular “What’s On” listings for your Adelaide Park Lands this month. |
Australia’s housing crisis has led to ever-greater numbers of people camping in your Park Lands, simply because they have nowhere else to go. |
Australia’s housing crisis has led to ever-greater numbers of people camping in your Park Lands, simply because they have nowhere else to go. |
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8. Know your Park Lands art - Voyagers |
8. Know your Park Lands art - Voyagers |
by Claudia San Miguel Our series of stories, Know Your Park Lands Art, guides you through various creative displays within your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
Today, we feature this unique crescent shaped sculpture in Whitmore Square / Iparrityi.
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by Claudia San Miguel Our series of stories, Know Your Park Lands Art, guides you through various creative displays within your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
Today, we feature this unique crescent shaped sculpture in Whitmore Square / Iparrityi.
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by Shane Sody It’s been more than three years since Adelaide was declared a “National Park City” but a report celebrating that milestone has omitted any reference to the State Government’s three years of repeated attacks on your Park Lands. |
by Shane Sody It’s been more than three years since Adelaide was declared a “National Park City” but a report celebrating that milestone has omitted any reference to the State Government’s three years of repeated attacks on your Park Lands. |
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by Spence Denny of ABC Radio Adelaide You might have noticed our reports over the Christmas - New Year period that the River Torrens/Karrawirra Pari and other water features within your Park Lands had to be closed due to bacterial contamination.
Belatedly, it's been confirmed as an overload of duck poo!
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by Spence Denny of ABC Radio Adelaide You might have noticed our reports over the Christmas - New Year period that the River Torrens/Karrawirra Pari and other water features within your Park Lands had to be closed due to bacterial contamination.
Belatedly, it's been confirmed as an overload of duck poo!
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